Reviewed: Nov. 4, 2009

I made this tonight for the first time, but made modifications to the original recipe. I think the original would have rated a 3 due to some blandness of flavor. With my modifications, I give it a 4-5. I used a V-slicer on the 'fine' setting to slice the potatoes & onions. I sauteed the onions until golden brown, then added the soup & milk and brought it to a simmer. Then I added 1 small crown of broccoli chopped fine (using V-slicer on stems) & simmered for 5 min. I layered the sauce, potatoes, & ham in a glass casserole dish (10" across) 'lasagna style' with 4 oz shredded pepper-jack cheese (there were 3 layers each of potatoes, ham, sauce & cheese). Baked as directed. Topped at the end with 1/2 cup Panko breadcrumbs mixed with 1 tbsp melted butter & 1/4 cup Parmesan. It turned out wonderfully; lots of flavor & fully cooked.

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Jackie

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Reviewed: Jul. 23, 2009

Good comfort food. I added diced tomatoes to this recipe and it was delicous.

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Reviewed: Jul. 18, 2009

Great recipe for leftover ham. I had so much extra ham in the freezer that I doubled it. I also added two heads of broccoli from the farmers market. I sautéed them lightly with the onions. I would add a couple extra potatoes next time too. Like previous reviewers I sliced the potatoes thin and microwaved them for about 3 minutes to get them started and I had no problem with crunchy potatoes. Yummy will definitely make again!

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Reviewed: May 31, 2009

A little rich and bland for my taste. If I make it again, I will try to spice it up more.

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Tsarina

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Reviewed: May 22, 2009

This was a decent dish with everything that I needed to use up. It was a bit on the salty side but most dishes made with cream soups are. We'll make it again. :)

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Reviewed: Apr. 15, 2009

I thought this was really missing something, but, my husband loved it and said it was perfect. I used cream of mushroom soup, added a can of mushrooms, a little bit of garlic powder, used honey baked ham and lots of shredded cheese on top. I only used about a quarter of an onion, thinly sliced. I cooked the potatos ahead of time in the microwave. When I went to slice them, they were mushy and ended up being more like mashed potatos. I would make this again, once I can figure out the extra something that I felt it was missing...All in all, it was good, easy, used all of my left over ham and there were no left overs.

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Reviewed: Mar. 30, 2009

Extremely salty! Took almost 2 1/2 hrs to cook the potatoes completely.

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lisa

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Reviewed: Mar. 12, 2009

The only problem was that there wasn't enough! Next time I'll double, perhaps triple and use larger dish of course. I used Cheddar instead of Parm, and added bread crumbs on top for the last 20 minutes of cooking.

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Gilly

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Reviewed: Mar. 10, 2009

This was good. Made it as is except I used more ham than called for and I subbed the Parmesan for Cheddar. I noticed some reviews said the potatoes weren't done. I sliced mine kind of thin. I had no problem with them. Even the onions were sliced kind of thin. This is not a quick dinner. Putting it together didn't take long, but the baking time does. Will surely make this one again!

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Reviewed: Mar. 2, 2009

Very good! I omitted the onion and used onion powder (probably could have skipped that) and french fried onions in and on top. Great with a side of canned grean beans. Doesn't make a lot - will probably double recipe next time.

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Reviewed: Jan. 29, 2009

My family of non-casserole fans LOVED this! I sliced the potatoes, leaving the peelings on, and used onion and garlic powder, since my kids don't like "chunks" of onions. I mixed all of it together with some American cheese (it was all I had besides a small amt of parmesan) before putting it in the baking dish. My family loved this so much when I made it last week that I'm making it again tonight! I think it would be good with green beans mixed in, too. Anyway, thanks for a great recipe!:)

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Reviewed: Dec. 29, 2008

DELICIOUS and easy! I made this recipe exactly as written and my husband and I enjoyed it immensely. A great way to use up leftover ham from the holiday. We will make this again!

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Reviewed: Dec. 27, 2008

Tasty. Only change I made was that I reduced the amount of onion (I'm not a huge onion fan). It took a while, but tasted pretty good. Best part about it was that it got rid of the last of the Christmas ham!

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Reviewed: Jun. 17, 2008

I made a larger batch. I also added frozen peas, green beans and corn. Also added cheddar cheese and put crushed Ritz crackers on top. This was very good.

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Reviewed: Jun. 17, 2008

This is a great change-of-habit recipe for ham. I used the Tyson "heat-n-eat" ham, which is in a maple glaze sauce, and that added a nice sweetness that the kids liked. I also added about 1 c. mixed frozen (thawed) veggies and used minced garlic and finely chopped onions, which I sweated first. I made this up ahead of time to be able to pop into the oven later...I even pre-cooked the potatoes, but they came out a bit "al dente" (I probably will slice them, like it calls for, instead of cubing next time!). I had to use a 3 qt dish, as the recipe was greatly increased by the veggies and potatoes. Served with fresh bread, this was a VERY hearty meal and I'm sure I will make it again. It would even make an excellent pot pie by adding a crust :-)

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Reviewed: Apr. 18, 2008

I'm giving this 5 stars based on the way I prepared/cooked it. I didn't have cream of celery so I used cream of mushroom with roasted garlic. I used 4 potatoes (smaller ones) and 2.5 cups of ham. I ccoked the potatoes in the microwave first as many others suggested. I first cooked them for a few minutes with a 1/4c of water. Then I added the soup to the potatoes along with pepper and some more water. Once the potatoes were done I added some cheese (american and cheddar shredded) and then the ham. I mixed it all togther instead of layering and cooked for 20 minutes. It turned out great! I did add more cheese and some frenchs onions on top (no sliced onion was added as my husband doesn't like it added onion powder instead) then cooked for 6 more minutes. It was a hit!

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Reviewed: Apr. 2, 2008

Cook a little while longer to soften potoates.

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Reviewed: Mar. 30, 2008

I rated this "the best" because it was an easy and new option for leftover ham that didn't require any fru-fru spices or fancy wines or vinigrettes - and even I had each of the ingredients. The kicker is it was absolutely delicious and I would try it with fresh ham, too - not just leftovers. (I don't want to eat something else while I'm waiting to make this dish. >^,,^< meow)

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Reviewed: Mar. 19, 2008

Your recipe was okay with my family, it just wasn't as good as I thought it would turn out. But I still give you my thanks for sharing it.

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Linda Grein

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Reviewed: Feb. 21, 2008

I made the mistake of following the recipe exactly as written. Way too salty! I wish I had read the reviews before making it so I could have used a low salt cream of mushroom soup instead of the cream of celery soup. Also I would have used a different cheese as the Parmesan just added to the saltiness. I won't be making this again.

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